I tried all the Phantom Space tricks I know. Right now I think maybe it reached the max number of allowed files/symlinks, or something, because it DID really have enough space. I ended up moving stuff out of /usr/src, getting it to install that package, then apt-purged some other stuff, moved the other stuff back and purged that, too. Should be OK now... for a while... On Wed, 20 Nov 2013, Harlan H. Bloom wrote: > When you extract the package to /tmp, do a "du -sh <dir>" on the directory. Obviously, replace <dir> with your actual directory and do not type the quotes. > > Is the result bigger than what you have on /, or any other other file system? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: tclug at freakzilla.com > To: "TCLUG" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:03:26 PM > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] dpkg unable to install package > > I should amend - dpkg-deb -x to /tmp will extract the files. > > When I try to extract to root, I get: > > tar: > ./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-56-generic-pae/include/config/pppoatm.h: > Cannot open: No space left on device > tar: ./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-56-generic-pae/include/config/mouse: > Cannot mkdir: No space left on device > tar: ./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-56-generic-pae/include/config/mouse: > Cannot mkdir: No space left on device > > > etc, etc. Again, / is nowhere NEAR full. I have no idea where it's trying > to find space and not succeding. > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2013, tclug at freakzilla.com wrote: > >> Should've mentioned, I did a clear, and it did re-download, same issue. When >> I try dpkg manually it does the same thing. dpkg-deb -c shows the files, >> dpkg-deb -x does extract them but I'm not sure how to parlay that into an >> install. >> >> On Wed, 20 Nov 2013, Michael Moore wrote: >> >>> Maybe that .deb file is corrupt? >>> >>> If you clear out your cache, or at least delete offending .deb file does it >>> re-download it and work? >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Moore >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:35 PM, <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >>> Ok, so I did an apt-get -u dist-upgrade, and it errors out with >>> this: >>> >>> dpkg: error >>> processing/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-56-generic-pae_3.2.0-56.86_i386 >>> .deb (--unpack): >>> unable to >>> create`/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-56-generic-pae/include/config/pppoatm.h.dpkg- >>> new' (while processing >>> `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-56-generic-pae/include/config/pppoatm.h'): >>> No space left on device >>> >>> So yeah, it can't create that file because no space left on >>> device. >>> >>> Except there's plenty of space left on device: >>> >>> root at tiger:/# df -h /usr/src/ >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >>> /dev/sda5 4.0G 1.8G 2.0G 47% /usr >>> >>> In fact there's no filesystem on this machine that's even close >>> to full. Here are the 'real' filesystems: >>> >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >>> /dev/sda3 4.0G 1.2G 2.6G 32% / >>> /dev/sda8 9.9G 151M 9.2G 2% /tmp >>> /dev/sda1 504M 98M 382M 21% /boot >>> /dev/sda7 4.0G 1.8G 2.0G 48% /home >>> /dev/sda5 4.0G 1.8G 2.0G 47% /usr >>> /dev/sda6 4.0G 455M 3.3G 12% /var >>> /dev/sda9 2.0G 70M 1.9G 4% /usr/local >>> >>> I can manually create the files it wants, too. >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Support the digitization of the Iron County Miner newspaper archives >>> Like this project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitizeicm >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >